January 2008 - Posts

• Psalms Week 10

  A Pilgrim Psalm                               Psalm 130  •         Title: A Song of Degrees •         There Are 15 Psalms of Degrees •         Various Explanations: •         Chanted As One Ascended the Steps to the Temple •         Chanted On The Approach to Jerusalem in Pilgrimage •         Degrees Can Also Mean Steps or Ascent •         A Step-Like Progression of Thoughts •         A Psalm For The Physical & Spiritual Approach to God  •         His Desire Towards God •         A Visit to the Bottom of the Sea •         Depths-Associated With Afflictions & Troubles Brought About By Sin •         There Are Many Depths: •         Poverty •         Sorrow •         Mental Darkness •         The Most Horrible is Sin •         I cried unto thee-The Language of the Depths •         Lord (Adonai)-Majesty, Honor & Sovereignty •         Hear my voice-Audible •         Thine ears be attentive-It is Better to Hear Prayers, Than to Answer Them  •         His Repentance Before God •         A Visit to the Courtroom •         A Consciousness of Sin is The 1st Step •         The Lord Does mark iniquities & These Break Fellowship •         Mark-Takes Notice, But Not to Keep Score •         Iniquities-A Thing Which is Not Equal or Un-equal-ties •         No One Can Stand In That Kind of Judgment •         God’s Grace Discovered •         Christ’s Sacrifice on Calvary Already Paid the Price •         Fear-Includes the Ideas of Worship & Obedience •         Gratitude Produces More Fear Than Punishment  •         His Attendance Upon God •         A Visit to the City Walls & The Watchman •         The wait is For the Lord Only •         If God Makes Us Wait, It is For Our Good •         God’s People Have Always Been A Waiting People •         Waiting & Hoping Go Hand in Hand •         No One Will Wait for Something He Has No Hope of Getting •         Waiteth…watch-Guard Duty •         It is An Expectant Wait •         God‘s Delays Are Not Necessarily Denials  •         His Expectations From God •         A Visit To The Slave Market •         Hope in the LORD-Trust Him About the Future •         Plenteous redemption-Literally Means Multiplied Ransom (Titus 2:14) •         He and He Alone Can Redeem •         He shall redeem-A Certainty •         Saved From All Iniquities, Saved Completely    Posted Jan 27 2008, 03:36 PM by jbarch with no comments

• Psalms Week 9

  A Prayer of Repentance                        Psalm 51:13-19    •         Teach transgressors thy ways-Let Me Show My Gratitude •         None Instruct Others Better Than Those Who are Taught of God Themselves •         Sinners Converted-The Goal (Ps 32:8) •         Bloodguiltiness-Uriah’s Blood on David’s Hands (2 Sam 11:6) •         God, thou God of my salvation-Faith Grows By The Exercise of Prayer •         My tongue shall sing aloud-A Great Sinner Pardoned Makes A Great Singer •         Open thou my lips-Guilt Sealed Them, But Grace Opens Them •         Thou desirest not sacrifice; else would I give it-No Sacrifice for Adultery & Murder •         Thou delightest not in burnt offering-No Satisfaction In The Act of Slaying What God Created (Is 1:11ff) •         The sacrifices of God-The Ones He Really Values and Desires •         A broken spirit-Humbled Spirit That Is Fully Yielded to Whatever God Desires •         A broken and a contrite heart-Crushed •         Do good in thy good pleasure unto Zion-Prayer for the People Under His Charge •         Build thou the walls of Jerusalem-Don’t Stop the Work on Account of Me (1 Ki 3:1) •         Then-When the Walls Are Completed •         Shalt thou be pleased with the sacrifices-Publicly Acknowledge God’s Help •         With burnt offering and whole burnt offering-Complete Surrender •         Offer bullocks upon thine altar-Great Occasions of Praise   Posted Jan 20 2008, 02:58 PM by jbarch with no comments

• Psalms Week 8

  A Prayer of Repentance                            Psalm 51:1-12          •         Have mercy upon me-Appeals to Mercy Before Mentioning Sin •         O God (Elohim)-Unworthy to Utter the Covenant Name Jehovah •         According to thy loving-kindness-Act According to One of Your Attributes •         Multitude of thy tender mercies-Observed Goodness of God •         Blot out my transgressions-Wipe Out or Erase •         Wash-Refers to the Cleansing of Dirty Clothing (Is 1:18) •         Cleanse-Refers to Defilement Caused by Touching Something Unclean or From Disease (Lev 11:32; 13:1-3) •         Acknowledge-Recognize & Confess Are the First Steps to Repentance (1 Jn 1:9) •         Sin is ever before me-Impossible to Forget •         Against thee-The True Character of Sin •         Every Sin is Mainly Against God •         Evil in thy sight-Open Acknowledgement of Sin By Choice •         Be justified…be clear-I Want All to Know, I Deserve To Be Judged •         Shapen in iniquity-Sinner By Nature •         Sin…my mother conceive me •         Does Not Mean That Sex in Marriage is Sinful •         Does Not Mean His Inherited Fallen Nature Was An Excuse for Disobedience •         Does Mean He Was No Better Than Any Other Man in the Nation •         Behold-Discovery Worth Taking Notice •         Truth in the inward parts-Not Just Outward Ritual (Job 38:36) •         To God, The Inward Is As Visible As The Outward •         Hidden part…to know wisdom-Fear of the Lord (Ps 111:10) •         Purge me with hyssop-A Plant Used in Ritual Cleansing (Heb 9:22) •         I shall be clean-Nothing But the Blood •         I shall be whiter than snow-Enduring Purity •         Make me to hear joy & gladness-Experience Fellowship Once Again •         Bones…broken may rejoice-The Crushing Pain May be Replaced by Gladness •         Hide thy face from my sins-Make Them Unknown (Is 38:17) •         Create-Shape, Fashion; Always By Divine Activity •         Clean heart-New Creature (2 Cor 5:17) •         Renew a right spirit within me-Give Him a Steadfast Spirit That Would Not Wander  •         Cast me not away-Preservation in Service (1 Cor 9:27) •         Take not thy Holy Spirit from me-Ineffective Ministry •         Church Age Believers Indwelt by the Holy Spirit Permanently (Jn 14:15-18) •         Believers Can Still Lose Holy Spirit Power •         Restore…joy of thy salvation-Still Saved, But Sin Robbed Him of Joy •         Uphold me-Preserve Me From Falling •         With free spirit-David’s Own Yielded Spirit    Posted Jan 13 2008, 04:13 PM by jbarch with no comments

• Psalms Week 7

  The Prayer of Faith in Time of Distress             Psalm 6  l     Title l     Neginoth-Stringed Instrument l     Seminith-Eighth Key; Probably the Bass l     David Asks Jehovah to Refrain From Severe Judgment Against him l     Rebuke-Discipline l     Anger-Nostril l     Conscious of Sin, David Does Not Ask to be Spared l     David Asks to be Chastened in Love l     Neither… in hot displeasure-Wrath l     When God Deals with His Children, Usually Rebuke Precedes Chastening (Prov 3: 11-12) l     Sometimes Chastening is for Disobedience l     Other Times, To Prepare Us for What is Ahead l     Mercy-Not Getting What We Deserve l     I am weak-To Droop or Be Feeble l     Vexed-Shaken With Fear l     His Soul is More Shaken than His Body l     O Lord, how long?-The Impatience of Sorrow l     Answer: As Long As It Takes l     What God is Seeking is Submission l     David Now Asks Jehovah to Do Something For Him l     Return-Turn Back to a Point Previously Held l     David is Asking for a Return of God’s Favor l     Deliver…save-Both Verbs Have the Idea of Rescue l     Thy mercies’ sake-(Hesed) Loyal Love l     Remembrance-What is Remembered, implying giving honor l     Grave-(Sheol; NT Hades) A Place Under the Earth Where the Dead Reside l     Praise God While We Yet Have Breath l     My groaning-Christians Can Groan, But Not Grumble l     All the night-or Every Night l     Bed to swim-Overflow or Flood l     Water-Drench l     Couch-Daybed or Recliner l     Mine eye is consumed-Dull or Sunken l     Because of grief…enemies-Continued Stress l     Sickness & Pain Either Make Us Better or Bitter, and the Difference is Faith l     Don’t Ask “When Will I Get Out of This?” l     Ask “What Will I Get Out of This?” l     Depart from me-Command to Separate l     Lord hath heard-David Speaks From An Inward Conviction of the Holy Spirit l     Weeping-The Language of Weeping is Universal l     Hath Heard-Faithful in the Past l     Will receive my prayer-Conviction of Faithfulness for the Future l     Faith Banishes Fear (John 9:31) l     Let-Predictive, If the Enemy Will Not Repent l     Be ashamed-Failed Plots Revealed At the Last Judgment l     Return-Take to Flight l     Ashamed suddenly-Enemies Falsely Believe Winning, But Loss is At the Door    Posted Jan 06 2008, 04:19 PM by jbarch with no comments